Senior Backend Software Engineer (Tapestry)

S e n i o r B a c k e n d S o f t w a r e E n g i n e e r ( T a p e s t r y ) Software Engineering Mountain View, CA About Tapestry Tapestry is Alphabetu2019s moonshot for the electric grid, working at the frontier where energyu2019s complexity meets AIu2019s potential. We were born at X, the innovation lab responsible for breakthrough technologies like Waymo, Verily and Google Brain. To keep pace with humanityu2019s growing energy needs, the world needs a grid that is visible and understandable. We provide that clarity by building advanced, AI-enabled analytical and planning tools that allow the entire energy ecosystem to plan smarter, move faster, and operate more efficientlyu2014ensuring electricity remains reliable and affordable for everyone. This is a global effort. Tapestry is proud to support partners in the U.S., U.K., Chile, New Zealand, Australia and Brazil as they build a cleaner, more resilient energy future. Joining Tapestry allows you to do the best work of your life as part of a multidisciplinary team of experts in AI, energy systems, software engineering and product designu2014all collaborating to reshape energy on a global scale. If you want to tackle problems that matter and build tools with real impact, we would love to meet you. Learn more about our team and our missionhere ( About the role As a senior backend software engineer you will work across the entire Tapestry platform, helping the team design and implement secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure and services. You will work closely with other software engineers, machine learning experts, power systems domain experts and product managers to plan, coordinate and integrate your work. This is your dream job if you are passionate about building the foundational distributed systems that bridge real-world physical assets with cloud-scale AI, ensuring our mission-critical services are ready to support the modernization of the global grid. How you will make 10X Impact + Design and implement massive-scale, secure, enterprise-grade infrastructure and shared backend services that form the core of the Tapestry platform. + Build systems for large-scale data processing and modeling, ensuring our AI-driven simulations can scale to manage the world's most complex power grids. + Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, PMs, AI researchers and Power Systems experts to translate complex business requirements into products driving real-world impact. + Interface with external partners to refine technical requirements, and rapidly develop prototypes to evaluate feasibility. What you should have: + Bacheloru2019s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. + 3-5 years of experience building enterprise grade complex software systems and applications with a strong grasp of foundational computer science concepts to optimize code performance and memory usage. + Excellent problem solving skills and ability to navigate complex/ambiguous situations. + Proficiency in at least one major backend language (Java/Kotlin or Go Lang preferred). + Experience with microservices architecture, including use of RESTful APIs, gRPC, event-driven design patterns, and Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL). + Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, GCP cloud monitoring) to troubleshoot production issues. + Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (preferred) or AWS/Azure. Itu2019d be great if you also had one or more of these: + Working knowledge or background in power systems or electric grid technologies. + Experience with building full-stack applications including frameworks such as Angular. + Knowledge of enterprise security architectures, compliance standards and zero-trust security models. + Experience working in high-growth or

Created: 2026-02-06